Social life
Synonyms for publicly
The synonym for publicly recorded in this bank is openly, in the sense "openly, in a way that others can see or know about". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for publicly
- openlyadverb, in the sense "openly, in a way that others can see or know about"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for publicly.
openly, in a way that others can see or know about
The mayor apologized publicly for the delay.
The true synonym
openly
Same sentence, swapped: The mayor apologized openly for the delay.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for publicly in the sentence quoted.
- briefly
- reluctantly
- formally
Where publicly turns up in the game
publicly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where publicly is the trap
- annuallyadverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is yearly, in the sense "once every year", and publicly is one of the three tiles that lose.
- handsomelyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is generously, in the sense "in a manner involving a generous sum of money", and publicly is on the board beside it.
- privatelyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is confidentially, in the sense "in a manner not observed or heard by others; confidentially", and publicly is one of the three tiles that lose.
- irrevocablyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is permanently, in the sense "in a way that cannot be changed, reversed, or undone", and publicly is on the board beside it.
Play publicly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so publicly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.
Closest first: other social life words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. publicly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.